New consumer survey findings from the American Heart Association show that nearly six in every ten American adults still ...

February is American Heart Month. It's a good time to brush up on your CPR knowledge and the importance of learning how to ...

TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform ...

Physicians have said the HBO Max drama "The Pitt" offers one of the most accurate depictions of medicine on television.

New research highlights the disparities between TV depictions of CPR and real-world data regarding the method, age and ...

When a patient is admitted to the hospital in the U.S., there’s a standard question physicians like me are supposed to ask: “If your heart stops beating, do you want us to do CPR?” On the surface, ...

The Womanikin was created by a female doctor and female-led ad agency. Most cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) mannequins, on which people learn how to do CPR, are missing one feature important to a ...

Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...